In a message dated 9/14/2001 1:28:46 PM Central Daylight Time, jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU writes:
Thus pc, when using /detri/, will Gee, the only thing I can find to disagree with Carter about is the useof the word "provincial" for Lojban usage, which raises the usage ofthe ISO province to "universal" by implication. Of course, the implied is simply false: ISO is as provincial (or more so) as Lojban's usage. There is no universal rule here. Still, this is probably the smallest diagreement I've had with Carter in 25 years (I hope someone can find a smaller one.) <More argument fodder (but maybe we've put enough time on this already): when dealing with "the month of Caprock" or "the year of the fruit bat", does it really make sense to "massify the unit values with /joi/"? Does it make sense with /pi'e/? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?> I suspect just about anything that can be made MEXy (and that does seemto be just about anyhting) goes with {pi'e}. As to the last question, na'i. |